Miata Mailing List: August 1996, Message #87
sponsored by



     


   From: asonenblick@berksys.com (Ando Sonenblick)
Subject: Re: adjusting headlights
   Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 20:23:26 -0400

Gary, I dont need to loosen anything to be able to adjust the lights?

Ando.

BTW, thanks!

>3) the driver's side headlight is not positioned in a way that it's flush
>with the hood.  Imagine a perfectly aligned head light that a heavy bodied
>person sits on and the headlight consequently gets pushed down about 1/2
>inch....
>
>Anyone know how to adjust the headlights?  I'd prefer to do it myself than
>go through the hassle of taking it to the dealer....
>

Now, here's one I know about. To adjust your headlight covers so that they
line up with your hood (Note: this gets rather technical and you may want to
print this off for reference while performing the procedure on your car):

A- Take good hard look at your hood noting the area(s) where the headlight
covers are below the edge of the surrounding hood. (You may want to do this
in the privacy of your garage)

B- Remember where the areas are that are out of alignment. You may want to
mark them using masking tape

C- Raise hood and prop it in place.

D- Place both hands on the headlight cover with each hand on either side of
the previously marked (or remembered) low area.

E- Wrap your fingers under the cover and...

F- Pull up *VERY CAREFULLY*!

G- Close hood to check your work. If it still is out of alignment, go back
to step C.